JP2006043161A - Massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage machine in which a person to be massaged receives massage in a desired range by deciding a range to be massaged with a shoulder position and a waist position as reference without regard to the body type or sitting posture of a person to be massaged. <P>SOLUTION: The massage machine has a massage unit 30 controlled by a control means 50 for massaging the shoulders, back and waist arranged in the state of being reciprocative along the back of the person to be massaged. The control means 50 controls the massage unit 30 to adjust its shoulder position and the waist position with the upper reference position of the massage range of the massage unit 30 as the shoulder position and a lower reference position as the waist position, to vary the massage range. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a massage machine including a massage unit capable of massaging a shoulder, back and waist of a user. Specifically, the treatment range is shifted depending on the body shape and sitting posture of the user. It relates to a massage machine that can be prevented.

In a chair type massage machine that allows a user to receive a massage while sitting on a chair, a massage unit with treatment fingers on the back of the chair is arranged so that it can be moved back and forth along the vertical direction of the back. Yes. By moving the massage unit back and forth over the shoulder, back and hips of the user while operating the treatment finger as desired, the range from the shoulder to the waist of the user can be massaged. A combined automatic massage can also be given.
In automatic massage, the range from the shoulder to the waist of the user is massaged as described above. At this time, the position of the shoulder of the user is detected by the contact pressure between the treatment finger and the body of the user. Then, the detected shoulder position is set as the upper reference position, and a position at a certain fixed height from the seat is set as the lower reference position, and massage is performed between these treatment ranges (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .
In addition, there is a technique in which treatment range information for each height is registered in advance in a massage machine so that a user can select a treatment range according to his / her height.

JP-A-63-257567

The height, especially the height of the seat and the position of the waist are different for each user, and the sitting posture is also different.
That is, when the user sits down on the seat, the waist position varies depending on the body shape and seating posture of the user, so when the treatment range is determined based on the shoulder position, the actual waist of the user There is a problem that the waist position is set at a position different from the position, and the massage cannot be received in a desired range.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a massage machine that can determine a treatment range on the basis of a shoulder position and a waist position and receive a massage in a desired range regardless of the body shape and sitting posture of the user.

In a massage machine that is controlled by the control means and that is provided with a massage unit that massages the shoulder, back and waist of the user so that the massage unit can reciprocate along the back of the user,
The control means makes the treatment range variable by adjusting the shoulder position and the waist position in the vertical direction with the upper reference position of the treatment range of the massage unit as the shoulder position and the lower reference position as the waist position. Machine.

According to the massage machine of the present invention, the treatment range can be determined based on the shoulder position and the waist position, and a desired massage is applied to the range, so that the height of the shoulder and waist that varies depending on the body shape and sitting posture of the user. The position is corrected, and a massage unit can be massaged between the shoulder position as the upper reference position and the waist position as the lower reference position.
Since the treatment range is determined based on the body shape and sitting posture of the user, it is possible to eliminate problems such as massage being performed in a range different from the desired range, or insufficient massage up to the desired range. The user can receive a highly effective massage.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a chair type massage machine (10) will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to a chair type massage machine, and can be applied to, for example, a bed type massage machine. .

As shown in FIG. 1, the chair-type massage machine (10) can be tilted and positioned by a reclining mechanism (20) at a seat (11) of a chair on which a user sits and a rear end of the seat (11). It has a backrest (12) linked as possible. A well-known electric type can be exemplified as the reclining mechanism (20). Inside the backrest (12), a massage unit (30) for massaging the shoulder, back, waist and the like of the user is disposed so as to be able to move up and down along the backrest (12).
In an actual chair type massage machine, the seat (11) and the backrest (12) are covered with a cloth cover or the like, but the cover and the like are not shown for clarity.

  Control of all the massage machines (10) such as the reclining mechanism (20) and the massage unit (30) is performed based on the input of the operating device (60) electrically connected to the control means (50) described later. . The operation device (60) is provided with a display unit (not shown) for displaying operation buttons, the status of the massage machine, the program being executed, and the like. As operation buttons, buttons for selecting various massages and automatic massages, buttons for operating a normal massage machine (10) such as a button for adjusting a reclining angle, etc., as well as the shoulder position and waist position of the user to be described later It includes a “shoulder position button” and a “waist position button” to be determined.

Control of all the massage machines (10) such as the reclining mechanism (20), the massage unit (30), the operation device (60), etc. is performed by the control means (50) arranged at an appropriate position of the chair type massage machine (10). It is.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the control system. An operation command from the operating device (60) is input to the control means (50), and the massage unit (30) and the reclining mechanism (20) are controlled.

  As the massage unit (30), a publicly known one can be used. For example, as shown in FIG. An example of a unit that performs a massage by applying massage massage or reciprocating each treatment finger up and down is possible. When the massage unit (30) itself is moved up and down along the backrest (12), so-called rolling massage can be performed. Of course, it is also possible to perform a combined massage combining these massages, or an automatic massage in which these massages are performed sequentially or randomly.

Hereinafter, the massage operation of the present invention of the chair type massage machine (10) will be described.
In the chair type massage machine (10) of the present invention, the treatment parameters such as the operation mode, treatment position, number of treatments, time, etc. of the massage unit (30) as shown in Table 1 are registered for each step number for each automatic course. When the automatic course is selected, the table data of the selected course is executed in order for each step.

The treatment position in the automatic course (see Table 1) can be set as position information in the vertical direction in the standard figure (Table 2). The table in Table 2 is stored in the control means (50). Each treatment position can be set at a ratio when the waist position is 0 and the shoulder position is 100 in the standard figure.
For example, Step No. 3 in Table 1 indicates that the treatment position is “shoulder 1”, that is, the position of position information “90” from Table 2 for 10 seconds in the hitting operation mode.
The treatment position “back” in Table 1 represents a range from “shoulder 0” to “waist 0”.

When the automatic course is started, first, the massage unit (30) is lowered from the upper side to the lower side along the backrest (12). At this time, the user presses the `` shoulder position button '' when the treatment finger (31) (31) of the massage unit (30) hits his shoulder, and the treatment finger (31) (31) When hitting, press the “waist position button”. The shoulder position and the waist position are transmitted to the control means (50), and the shoulder position and the waist position are set.
The control means (50) calculates a treatment range Y (max) (= shoulder position-waist position) in the vertical direction of the user from the set shoulder position and waist position. Based on the obtained Y (max) and the treatment position information in Table 2 for the standard figure, the actual treatment position information Yn of the user is obtained based on the following equation.
Yn = Y (max) × position information (Table 2) / 100 + Y (waist position)

For example, the treatment position Y3 of Step No. 3 in Table 1 can be obtained as the following equation, assuming that the waist position is “Y (waist position)”.
Y3 = Y (max) × 90/100 + Y (waist position)
The treatment position Yn is similarly obtained for the subsequent step numbers.

Based on the step numbers in Table 1, predetermined massages are performed in order on each treatment position.
For example, in Step No. 1, the back is stretched once on the back. Next, the kneading operation of Step No. 2 is repeated 10 times on the shoulder 0. The position of the shoulder 0 is determined by referring to Yn calculated based on the above formula and Table 2.
In the automatic course, this operation is repeated until step No. X in Table 1.

In the above embodiment, the shoulder position and the waist position are determined by the button operation of the user, but the shoulder position is determined by electrically measuring the pressing force or the protrusion amount of the treatment finger (31) (31) against the human body. The waist position can also be determined. Further, the shoulder position and the waist position may be changed or remeasured during the automatic massage. In this case, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, for example, when the waist position is changed (step 1), the treatment range Y (max) is calculated again based on the above formula (step 2), and the automatic course The treatment position Yn corresponding to the step number is calculated (steps 3 and 4), the massage unit (30) is moved to the treatment position corresponding to the step number (step 5), and massage is performed (step 6). ).
Until all the steps shown in Table 1 are completed, the automatic massage shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is repeated (step 7).

  The automatic detection of the shoulder position and the waist position can be performed by detecting the pressing force and the protruding amount of the treatment fingers (31) (31).

  The present invention can correct the treatment range by adjusting the shoulder position and the waist position of the user regardless of the body shape and sitting posture of the user, and can perform a highly effective massage.

It is a perspective view of the chair type massage machine of the present invention. It is a block diagram of a control system. It is a flowchart figure which shows the massage operation | movement of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

(10) Chair type massage machine
(12) Backrest
(30) Massage unit
(50) Control means
(60) Actuator

Claims (4)

In the massage machine which is controlled by the control means (50) and is provided so that the massage unit (30) which massages the shoulder, back and waist of the user can reciprocate along the back of the user,
The control means (50) makes the treatment range variable by adjusting the shoulder position and the waist position in the vertical direction with the upper reference position of the treatment range of the massage unit (30) as the shoulder position and the lower reference position as the waist position. This is a massage machine. The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the control means (50) determines the shoulder position at the start of the massage. The massage machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control means (50) determines the waist position during massage. The control means (50) divides the treatment range into a plurality of regions, and changes the treatment operation by the massage unit (30) and the number of treatments or treatment time for each region. The massage machine described in any one.

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